bruce wrote: > so... > in other words...to really use yum effectively, you need to have a > "reasonable" amount of knowledge about repositories (which ones are > good/bad), about rpm files, about your system... No! You need to use the Yum RPM that came with your distribution and keep the default repositories listed in the configuration file. Then you should complain to the producers of that distribution when something goes wrong. A "basic user" should not be changing the default configuration and does not have the technical knowledge to divine whether a problem originates in Yum or in the repositories listed in its configuration file. If the default Yum configuration is not sufficient, then the distribution itself is not meant for the "basic user" you refer to. To your point, yeah, a magic program that would fix all a distributions broken packages, broken dependencies, and poor user choices would be great. Unfortunately for the "basic user", but fortunately for me, Yum has chosen an achievable task and is available today. Thanks much to all you Yum building folks, Troy
